Dear Louisa May Alcott, It is the custom of many families to compose and send holiday letters, some of them freestanding, others tucked inside greeting cards decorated with sleighs, stars, and holly. Sometimes printed on red or green paper, single-spaced, thick with content, sometimes with photos, seemingly all the news from the year about [...]
Ever since the Moravian Love Feast service was brought to this congregation in the 1960s, we’ve been celebrating it faithfully. It happened here just this past Thursday. Surrounded by the greenery in this sanctuary, we heard lovely and moving Christmas music, we sung all the old beloved carols, we ate a simple meal of [...]
By Conrado Marion-Landais, UUCA Board Member One key function of the Board of Trustees is to listen to the congregation. To this end, the Board’s Congregational Life Committee has been holding “listening events” with invited congregants. One of the interesting discussion points that emerged during the two recent events is the theme of membership, belonging, [...]
A classic subject in Chinese religious painting is called “The Vinegar Tasters.” It portrays the three founders of China’s major religious and philosophical traditions: Kung Fu-tse (kung FOOdsuh), who founded Confucianism; Siddhartha Gautama, who founded Buddhism; and Lao-tse (LAOdsuh), who founded Taoism. All three stand around a big vat full of vinegar. Kung Fu-tse [...]
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